Dispensing device for tooth paste, shaving cream, and the like



A nl 1, 1958 w. v. MURNEY 2,823,891

DISPENSING DEVICE FOR.TOOTH PASTE, smvmc CREAM, AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 9, 1955 0 Fig. 7 /2A WAYNE ML/RNE'Y MA INVENTOR. an 7 United States Patent Q DISPENSER DEVICE FOR TOGTH PASTE, SHAV- ING CREAM, AND THE LIKE Wayne V. Murney, Portland, Greg.

Application August 9, 1955, Serial No. 527,212

2 Claims. (Cl. 222-192) This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices and more particularly to those forms of dispensing devices intended for dispensing tooth paste, shaving cream, hand cream and other similar toilet preparations.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a dispensing device of this character which is efficient in operation, attractive in appearance and which by reason of the simplicity of the mechanism and the form and arrangement of its parts lends itself to inexpensive quantity production.

Another object of this invention is to provide an im proved construction which presents a convenient method of dispensing tooth paste, cream and the like without exposing any of the paste except that dispensed and at the same time permitting the dispensing of any desired quantity.

A further object is the provision of a simple springcontrolled closure to normally keep the discharge opening at the bottom end of the device closed and which when moved to an open position will automatically align a brush with the discharge from the opening which is ordinarily not visible at the front of the device when the device is suspended from a Wall.

The foregoing and other objects will appear as my invention is more fully hereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view of a dispensing device made in accordance with my invention and with a fragment of its front wall broken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional plan view taken along the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a side view of Figure 4 with a fragment of a side wall broken away.

Figure 6 is a sectional top plan view taken along the line d-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a view illustrating another modification wherein the housing of the dispenser is of cylindrical form.

Figure 8 is a view illustrating a removable closure cap r any form of housing of the invention and with fragts broken away.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary rear view of the bottom end Referring now more particularly to the drawing:

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 indicates generally a container comprising front, rear and side walls 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively, and top and bottom walls 6 and 7 respectively.

The container is adapted to be attached to a support in a vertical position by means of a supporting plate 8 which may be secured to the support by means of screws passing through openings 9 formed in the plate or by any approved type of adhesive applied to the back surface of the plate. The container is removably attached to the plate 8 by any approved means such as, for instance, the depending tongue 10 carried by the back wall 3 and slidably engaged by a pair of plates 11 carried by the plate 8 in the conventional manner.

The bottom of the container is provided with a dispensing neck 12 in open communication with the interior of the container. Formed integral with the bottom wall 7 of the container are two spaced apart, downwardly extending lugs 13 having aligned apertures therein to receive a lateral hinge pin 14 secured to or extending through a closure generally indicated at 15 and comprising a plate 16 enlarged in thickness at its inner end and provided with a recess 17 to engage and close off the discharge neck. The innermost end of the plate 16 extends beyond the hinge pin 14 as indicated at 18. The opposite end of the plate 16 is turned upwardly at right angles to itself, as at 19, for contact with the back side of the head of a tooth brush which, under downward pressure, will swing the plate 16 downwardly into the broken line position shown in Figure 2 wherein the outer end portion 19 of a plate will provide a platform for the brush to position it directly beneath the discharge neck, which of course has now been uncovered. For forcing desired amounts of the contents of the container outwardly therefrom and onto the brush, 1 provide the interior of the container with a piston 24 threadedly connected, as at 21, to the bottom end of an actuating rod 22 which extends upwardly through an opening in the top wall 6. v

In Figures 4, 5, and 6, I dispense with the actuating rod 22 and, instead, provide the piston 26A with an arm 23 extending downwardly and outwardly through a vertical slot 24 extending substantially throughout the length of the front wall 2A of thecontainer. The outer end of the arm is provided with any suitable finger grip or finger-engaging plate 25. The slot is hacked and sealed off by a strip 26 of any frangible material, such as aluminum foil or the like. When the container is filled, downward movement of the piston 20A from its position at the uppermost end of the slot 24 will readily fracture the aluminum foil in its downward travel along the slot to thus maintain a seal for the contents of the container below the piston. The bottom end of the container is provided with a discharge neck 12A and spring-urged closure 15A, as in the other form of the invention. In the modified form of closure shown in Figure 10, I provide the plate 16B with a frusto-conical plug 27 adapted to seat within the open end of the discharge neck 112B to seal it off when in a closed position.

The innermost ends 18, 18A and 18B of the closures shown will, as best illustrated in Figure 2, come into abutment with the bottom wall of the container to hold their respective arms 16, 16A and 16B in a vertical position and their right angular end portions in a horizontal position to align the bristles of a brush resting thereon with the discharge opening to receive the contents of the container.

Although I have shown the containers as rectangular in cross-section, it will be readily understood that they may be of square formation, or of cylindrical formation as shown in Figure 7, wherein a circular piston would be used.

As previously pointed out, the container and its related parts are of such inexpensive construction that the container may be disposed of when its contents have become exhausted. If, however, a user wishes to retain the container, it may be readily refilled by removing the closure cap 28 at the top end of the container.

In the various forms of spring-urged closure caps shown, the caps are normally held in a closed position by any approved type of spring mechanism such as, for instance, the coiled spring 29 coiled about the hinge pin 14 and having one of its ends engaged as at 30 with one side of the plate 16 and its opposite end engaged with the lug 13 at the opposite side of the plate.

While I have shown particular forms of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent 1. A dispensing device of the character described comprising an elongated container closed at its top end and having a dispensing opening and neck at its bottom end, the container being adapted to be supported in a vertical position, a spring-urged closure hingedly attached to the bottom end of the container and adapted to normally maintain said dispensing neck closed, said closure comprising a spring-urged plate hingedly attached at one of its ends to the bottom of said container at one side thereof and extending outwardly from the opposite side thereof, said plate being of greater thickness at its hinged end than at its opposite end and having a recess in said thickened end to receive the open end of said dispensing neck for normally closing the same, said plate being bent at a right angle at the end of its outwardly extending portion, said thickened end of said plate being adapted for engagement with the bottom end of said one side of said container for limiting the downward movement of said plate to a vertical position whereby a horizontal platform will be provided by said right angular end portion of the plate for positioning and supporting a brush directly beneath said dispensing neck, a piston slidably mounted within the container, an actuating rod threadedly attached to the piston and extending upwardly through the closed top end of the container whereby downward movement of the piston will force the contents of the container out through said dispensing neck.

2. A dispensing device of the character described comprising an elongated container of rectangular shape in cross section closed at its top end and having a dispensing opening and neck at its bottom end, the container being adapted to be supported in a vertical position, a springurged closure hingedly attached to the bottom end of the container and adapted to normally maintain said dispensing neck closed, said closure comprising a springurged plate hingedly attached at one of its ends to the bottom of said container at one side thereof and extending outwardly from the opposite side thereof, said plate being of greater thickness at its hinged end than at its opposite end and having a recess in said thickened end to receive the open end of said dispensing neck for normally closing the same, said plate being bent at a right angle at the end of its outwardly extending portion, said thickened end of said plate being adapted for engagement with the bottom end of said one side of said container for limiting the downward movement of said plate to a vertical position whereby a horizontal platform will be provided by said right angular end portion of the plate for positioning and supporting a brush directly beneath said dispensing neck, a piston slidably mounted within the container, an actuating rod threadedly attached to the piston and extending upwardly through the closed top end of the container whereby downward movement of the piston will force the contents of the container out through said dispensing neck, and said piston being of rectangular shape whereby rotation thereof relative to said actuating rod is prevented by the inside walls of the container.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 809,419 Belcher Jan. 9, 1906 1,581,974 Macfarland Apr. 13, 1926 1,741,326 McNally Dec. 31, 1929 1,839,542 Ferguson Jan. 5, 1932 1,873,217 Reid Aug. 23, 1932 

